CHAPTER TWO The Heart of the Oak
CHAPTER TWO The Heart of the Oak CHAPTER TWO The Heart of the Oak Jack opened his eyes. A chilly wind blew into the tree house. Oak leaves swirled outside the window. "Look, we have our costumes," said Annie. "I'm not a princess or a vampire." Jack looked at their clothes. He was wearing a knee-length tunic and tights. Annie was wearing a long dress with an apron. "Camelot costumes," Jack said softly. They looked out the window together. They were high in a huge oak tree in a thick fores
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CHAPTER TWO The Heart of the Oak
CHAPTER TWO The Heart of the Oak
Jack opened his eyes. A chilly wind blew into the tree house.Oak leaves swirled outside the window.
"Look, we have our costumes," said Annie. "I'm not a princess or a vampire."
Jack looked at their clothes. He was wearing a knee-length tunic and tights.Annie was wearing a long dress with an apron.
"Camelot costumes," Jack said softly.
They looked out the window together. They were high in a huge oak tree in a thick forest.
The afternoon sun was low in the autumn sky. "So what do we do now?" said Jack.
"The invitation says we're supposed to meet Merlin in the heart of the oak," said Annie.
"Yeah, but what does that mean?" said Jack, scowling. "The heart of an oak?"
"Let's go down and try to figure it out," said Annie.
She carefully placed their invitation in a corner of the tree house.Then she and Jack climbed down the rope ladder.They stepped onto the leafy ground.In the fading daylight, they began circling the base of the giant oak.
They walked all the way around, until they came to the rope ladder again.
"We're back where we started," said Jack. "We never found the heart."
"Wait a minute," said Annie. "What's that?"She pointed to a long, thin crack in the bark of the tree trunk.A sliver of light seemed to be coming from the crack.
Jack touched the bark around the light. He pushed. The crack got bigger.
"It's a secret door!" said Jack. He pushed harder. Creak.A tall, narrow door swung into the tree. Light streamed from inside.
"We found it," whispered Annie, "the heart of the oak." Jack nodded.
"Let's go in," said Annie. They slipped through the narrow doorway into the bright hollow of the tree trunk.
